Maintenance Planner

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal and Italy. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Principal contact between the Maintenance department and the plant.
• Receives approved work requests from requesting departments, with the exception to emergency work.
• Reviews and screens each work request for completion. Discusses the details with the requestor as appropriate.
• Assures the work requested is needed and prioritized based on the business risk.
• Examines jobs to be done and determines best way to accomplish the work. Consults with requester, Maintenance Supervisor, Engineering or functional crews when necessary.
• Obtains blueprints, drawings, instructional manuals and special procedures, as needed. Makes any additional sketches, diagrams, etc., necessary to clarify the intent of the work order.
• Identifies and obtains determinable materials and critical items, entering material needs on the work order.
• Ensures safety needs are given a top priority in work planning.
• Estimates jobs with sequence of steps, the number of tradespersons and required labor hours for each step.
• Reviews cost of each work order in terms of direct labor, materials required, and contractor costs.
• Maintains backlog files of work orders waiting on planning and/or scheduling in accordance with their priorities and an estimated completion date.
• Verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for job execution prior to scheduling.
• Identifies and generates each department’s PM workload.
• Reviews the schedule and labor availability forecasts weekly in preparation for the scheduling meeting.
• Attends meetings with the Operations department and participates in the overall plant scheduling of the following week’s work and negotiates for downtime “windows” during which maintenance can be performed.
• Finalizes maintenance schedules, ensuring that the work scheduled utilizes available labor hours so a full day’s work is provided to each person.
• Recommends equipment to be included in preventive maintenance programs.
• Coordinates requisition of all predetermined parts, materials and special tools and ensures that equipment to be worked on will be available and ready.
• Arranges any safety permits, hot work, confined space, etc. as part of a work package.
• Assembles work packages and delivers to area maintenance supervisors.
• Ensure completed schedules and work orders are returned at the proper time. Review completed schedules and work orders submitted. Monitor work order progress, compliance, and schedule.
• Provides all documents for reporting and closeout.
• Schedules weekly meetings with the Operations and Maintenance to discuss schedule and short-term projections on maintenance needs.
• Develops a file of standard job plans for regularly recurring repair jobs.
• Reviews the actual labor expended and material consumed versus estimated labor and material for completed jobs with Maintenance Supervisors and provides variance reports to stakeholders.
• Assists Maintenance and Operations management in periodically analyzing costs and recommends corrective action needed to reduce maintenance costs.
• Make recommendations for system improvements.
• Maintains necessary records, files and prepares accurate reports.
• Maintain good labor relations and team morale

WORK EXPERIENCES

• 3+years of maintenance planning and scheduling preferred
• Previous experience within a manufacturing environment required
• Scheduling, planning, or similar inventory and PM program required
• Previous experience utilizing a CMMS or ERP for maintenance planning and scheduling
• Previous experience with multiple crafts (mechanical, electrical, etc.)

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• BS/BA degree in a related field from an accredited college/university preferred

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• Effective leader of internal facilitation of planning and scheduling maintenance activities and coordinating contractor service efforts for planned activities

CORE CAPABILITIES

• Works closely with Operations and Maintenance supervision
• Works closely with Stores and Purchasing personnel
• Adequate trade knowledge to estimate labor hours, materials and visualize job execution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good administrative and mathematical skills
• Good planning and organizat